The Parkes Pulsar Timing Array: What we've done and what we're doing

2012/10/03 by G. Hobbs, Hobbs, G.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Superconducting Materials and Applications #astro-ph.IM

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1210.0977

Published electronically in Proceedings "Science with Parkes @ 50 Years Young", 2012, Ed. Robert Braun. Conference link is, http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/conferences/Parkes50th/ProcPapers/hobbs.pdf

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Abstract

First observations for the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array project were carried out in February 2004. The project is ongoing and we currently observe approximately every three weeks. The data have led to numerous scientific results on topics as diverse as the solar wind, gravitational waves, measuring the masses of planetary systems in our solar system, atomic time scales, the interstellar medium and the pulsar emission mechanism. In this paper we provide an historical overview of the project and highlight the major discoveries.

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